COMMISSION FOR ACCREDITATION AND QUALITY ASSURANCE

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1 COMMISSION FOR ACCREDITATION AND QUALITY ASSURANCERepublic of SerbiaCOMMISSION FOR ACCREDITATION AND QUALITY ASSURANCEAccreditation of Public and Private Universities in the Republic of Serbia

2 2005-2006 2005. – adoption of the Law on Higher Education2006. – constitution of the National council for Higher Education (NCHE) and the Commission for Accreditation and Quality Assurance (CAQA)2006. NCHE, after the CAQA suggestion, adopted:Standards for accreditation of institutions and study programsStandards for self-evaluation and assessment of institutional qualityStandards for external institutional quality assurance

6 CAQA selects 700 reviewers (10%)There were 20 single day seminars in order to train the reviewersThere were 4 seminars with 856 participants from all the institutions in Serbia, dedicated to the preparation of accreditation documents

7 2008-2010 Accreditation of universities18 universities applied for accreditation:8 public (7+1)10 private (7+3)Up to September 2010, the following were accredited:7 public universities (87.5%)Universities in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš, Kragujevac, Priština, Novi Pazar, and the University of Defense5 private universities (50%)Singidunum, Megatrend, Educons, Academy of Economy, and Metropoliten

8 2008-2010 Accreditation of all study programsUp to September 2010, in all 18 universities the following were accredited:959 study programs for students admitted to the first year, out of whichin public universities791 study programs for students (84%)in private universities168 study programs for 9806 students (16%)

9 2008-2010 Accreditation of study programs of doctoral studiesUp to September 2010, in all 18 universities, the total number of students admitted to the first year of doctoral studies at accredited study programs was 3027, out of whichin public universities: 2816 (93%)in private universities: 211 (7%)

13 Future activities in quality improvementInstitutions have to prepare their self-evaluation reports (3 years);CAQA is obliged to perform external quality control of all institutions and study programs (2011);From 2012 onwards, the next accreditation of all institutions and study programs is to begin (5 years)

14 Future activities in quality improvement of the CAQAFull membership in the ENQASteps taken:Rectors’ Conference in Belgrade, October 2009.“Mute Application” organized bу the European Council, December 2009.The CAQA became a signee of the joint declaration about the ENQA membership of all regional accreditation bodies, May2010.Visit of the five member delegation of the CAQA to the ENQA headquarters in Helsinki, organized by the WUS, June2010.Application for “Candidate Membership”, August 2010.Self-evaluation report preparation, October 2010.Application for the visit of an expert tean, the positive report of which precedes full membership, 2011.